The internet outrage that ensued reminded some that Hans Christian Andersen, the author of the 1837 fairy tale upon which the Disney film is based, ... Andersen, Hans Christian, "The Little Mermaid." ...

But the original version of The Little Mermaid, by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, isn't the sort of thing you want to read to small kids enamored by the sea. It is seriously scary.

the little mermaid Hans Christian Andersen, , illus. by Lisbeth Zwerger, trans. from the Danish by Anthea Bell. . Penguin/ Mineditions, $15.99 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-698-40001-6 ...

Hans Christian Andersen, the famed Danish author of The Ugly Duckling and The Little Mermaid, once wrote a story called “The Jewish Girl.”. This information on its own might raise alarm given ...

The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), $30 (293pp) ISBN 978-0-618-22456-2 ...

Narrators Crantz and Guilder guide us through the world and fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen, including “The Little Mermaid,” “Thumbelina,” and “The Ugly Duckling”.

Andersen wrote The Little Mermaid upon the news of Collin's marriage. The original story is more of a tragedy than a romance: Here is the mermaid, longing for a life in the sun, but forever ...